Makoto Akatsuka
Birthday: 1951-03-19
Place of Birth: Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
Biography: No biography available.
Movies
Kabei: Our Mother
Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shige...
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I Love Peace
Izumi aims to be the first deaf creator of artificial limbs. One day, her senior co-worker, Kubo, go...
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Beauty
Set in a small Nagano village in the 1930s, the film follows Hanji, a young boy captivated by a loca...
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Wet Sand in August
Several high-school friends spend their final summer together indulging in sex and leisure; their ha...
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The Twilight Samurai
Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century....
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Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute...
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Tora-san Makes Excuses
Tora befriends a pretty barbershop owner and runs into Izumi. When Tora twists his ankle, Mitsuo com...
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Kim's War
After shooting a gangster in self-defense, Kim Hui Ro takes refuge at a hotel and takes the guest ho...
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Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1
A made for TV movie that would be loosely remade as Magnitude 7.9 or DEATHQUAKE...
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The Bored Samurai
Saotome Mondonosuke is Hatamoto (a high-class warrior who is allowed to see the Shogun in person) wh...
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Fight! Dragon (TV Pilot) - Dragon Flies to Hong Kong.
After ten years Ryuma Shiranui, aka Dragon, returns to Hong Kong to visit the grave of his mentor, K...
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Kumokiri Nizaemon: The Great Bandit
When Nizaemon Kumogiri, a major thief quits his job as a thief, he has two more big jobs planned in ...
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Nozomi Witches
Nozomi is a former actress who moves back to Japan from New Zealand. Upon arriving, she meets her fe...
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Double Suicide
Successful and married with children, paper-mill owner Jihei knows better than to contradict the str...
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Bitter Coffee Life
The story of a former police officer now retired to run a coffee shop called Bitter Coffee Life. In ...
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The Hidden Blade
Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home...
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Nomugi Pass
The story of the silk industry and the young girls who worked as silk spinners in the early 1900s in...
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Playtime Never Ends
A serious-minded policeman plays the role of robber in a police training operation against bank robb...
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Tora-san's Pure Love
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his...
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The Village
This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a m...
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Tora-san Goes North
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune)...
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School Festival Night: A Sweet Experience
A teenage drama film about Makiko Hayashi, a top student who is aiming to get into University of Tok...
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The King of Minami: Yakuza Finance
#36 in the series, following "License for Cruelty." The CEO of a yakuza-backed finance company teams...
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The Yellow Handkerchief
The story is about a convict released from prison for an old murder who is thinking about returning ...
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Love and Honor
A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in ...
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